Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-27
CONDEN SEQ NEWS.

Rowell, the PEDESTRIAN, is helping Ia the
preparation of Kilrain at london for his
tight with Smith
For general state PURPOSES the governor
qnd state auditor of II inois have agreed
Ipon a tax Of 9-10 mills on each dol lar, and
,or school purposes | 40 mills on each
| ioiiar.
tn, manufacturers and flint glass workers,
it is said are unable to reach an understand
ing. and strike Is imminent, which will in
volVe about 5 900 persons.
Services will lie held by the Good remplars
wherever the order has lodge on the first
Sunday in November in memory of the late
William B. Finch, right worthy ,rand tenn
plar
Mueller & Nepper wholesale harness deal
ers Of Sioux City, Iowa, assigned Wr,lnes-
day. 1t is elaine the fatalities exceed SO
900, and that the assets will not reach
/ $1,000.
The -four output at Minneapolis last week
reached 10. $40 barrels, against l63,6)O bar
res the preceding week. The demand Is
good, and millers have advanced prices
tbout 10 per cent
A wealthy English syndicate will plrchasa
"A half interest m valuable iron lands Oh the
Nermilliou range, near Duluth, Mimi, from
the Coz soiilsted Vermilion company, the
consideration being IS O00,0H
Michgan's governor modified the qnaran-
tire law against Cook county, ILLINOIS,
Wednesday. Cattle from the fat stock show
and car loads passing through Cook county
| will be admitted into Michi gan.
Sept. Is last Ch nese transport was lost
in the FiscadUres, 80 Cinnamon and five
Europeans being drowned. An officer and
twenty -four Chinese sailors were washed or
| the steamer Antin, and persisted.
| 1t is reported from Pttsburg that the iron
and steel workers belonging to tn knights
of Labor are preparing TO show their
| strength" and propose to formulate a scale
of wages on Il gigantic plan" whatever that
may mean
The steamer Sydney Wright left fhiade-
phia Sept IA with crew of six men, and
has never since been heard Of Her fate is
explained by the snip of paper i'll the bottle
picked up at Sandwich Mass, and reported
in the dispatches yesterday.
In the case o. the assignment of the dry
goods firm of Halsted, Haines & Co. oi New
York, who failed in 1884 for 81, n, go, aud
gave preferences for $500 900, the general
term of the supreme court rendered a decis-
ion Wednesday that the assignment should be
set aside for fraud
A circular showing the cost of maintain
ing the Illinois state charitable institutions
was Issued wednesday. The Northern Iu-
sane asylum cost sS9,Ss7 during tine year,
1852 per capita The total cost TO the state
of its institutions was Sg35 27g; average cost
per capita, si65 Sc.
A number of ejectment suits have been de
cided against farmers in Pope county, Iii
nois, and in favor of nonresident claimants
Many OF the victims had entered the lands
even before patents were granted, and have
been occupying them for quarter of cen
tury. Two test cases will go to the supreme
court
A man giving the name Of Keyser is said
to have swindlei Banker James Dockeray, of
Rockford Mich, out of a large amount pur-
chasing the business ami giving bogus securi-
ties. keyser attempted to work Oimstead &
Storms, of Galesburg Mich, on the same
plan, but failed at the supreme moment
John $. Danford, the notorious bank robber,
is said to lie keyser's partner in his scheme.
| A Way Up Wedding at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Oct 27-MiSs Camille
| Berghman was married Wednes lay to Jose
| de Pedroso, of the Spanish legation at WASH
ington The bride AMI her mother Mrs L.
| N. Laughton, are widely known society la
dies. Mrs. Laughton, assisted by Miss Rose
| Cleveland, received the guests Among the